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Symbol |
Scientific Name
Common Name |
Native Status* |
ABTH |
Abutilon theophrasti Indian mallow butterprint buttonweed velvetleaf |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
ACOS |
Acalypha ostryifolia hophornbeam copperleaf pineland threeseed mercury |
L48 (N), PR (N), VI (N) |
ACMI2 |
Achillea millefolium bloodwort carpenter's weed common yarrow hierba de las cortaduras milfoil plumajillo |
L48 (NI), AK (N), HI (I), CAN (NI), GL (N), SPM (NI) |
AGALA EURU6 |
Ageratina altissima var. altissima Eupatorium rugosum richweed snakeroot white snakeroot |
L48 (N), CAN (N) |
ALVI |
Allium vineale field garlic wild garlic |
L48 (I), AK (I), CAN (I) |
AMHY |
Amaranthus hybridus slim amaranth smooth pigweed |
L48 (N), HI (I), CAN (I) |
AMSP |
Amaranthus spinosus spiny amaranth spiny amaranthus |
L48 (N), HI (I), PR (N), VI (N), CAN (I) |
AMAR2 |
Ambrosia artemisiifolia Roman wormwood annual ragweed common ragweed low ragweed short ragweed small ragweed |
L48 (N), HI (I), CAN (N) |
ANAR |
Anagallis arvensis scarlet pimpernel |
L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), CAN (NI), GL (I) |
ANVI2 |
Andropogon virginicus broomsedge yellow bluestem |
L48 (N), HI (I), PR (N), CAN (N) |
ANCR2 |
Anoda cristata spurred anoda |
L48 (N), PR (N) |
ANCO2 |
Anthemis cotula dog fennel mayweed mayweed chamomile stinkweed |
L48 (I), AK (I), HI (I), CAN (I) |
APCA |
Apocynum cannabinum Indian hemp common dogbane dogbane hemp dogbane |
L48 (N), CAN (N) |
ARTH |
Arabidopsis thaliana mouse-ear cress mouseear cress |
L48 (I), CAN (I), SPM (I) |
ARMI2 |
Arctium minus bardane beggar's button common burdock lesser burdock wild burdock wild rhubarb |
L48 (I), CAN (I), SPM (I) |
ARAN3 |
Artemisia annua annual wormwood |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
ASSY |
Asclepias syriaca common milkweed |
L48 (N), CAN (N) |
BAVU |
Barbarea vulgaris garden yellow rocket winter cress yellow rocket |
L48 (I), CAN (I), GL (I), SPM (I) |
BIAR |
Bidens aristosa long-bracted beggar-ticks tickseed sunflower |
L48 (N), CAN (I) |
BRAR5 BRJA |
Bromus arvensis Bromus japonicus Japanese bromegrass Japanese chess |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
BUAR3 LIAR4 |
Buglossoides arvensis Lithospermum arvense corn gromwell puccoon |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
CASE13 |
Calystegia sepium bearbind devil's guts hedge bindweed hedgebell old man's night cap wild morning glory |
L48 (NI), CAN (N), SPM (I) |
CARA2 |
Campsis radicans cow-itch trumpet creeper |
L48 (N), CAN (N) |
CABU2 |
Capsella bursa-pastoris shepardspurse |
L48 (I), AK (I), HI (I), CAN (I), GL (I), SPM (I) |
CAHI3 |
Cardamine hirsuta hairy bittercress |
L48 (I), HI (I), CAN (I) |
CAHA13 |
Cardiospermum halicacabum balloonvine love in a puff |
L48 (I), HI (I), PR (N), VI (N) |
CANU4 |
Carduus nutans chardon penche musk thistle nodding plumeless thistle nodding thistle plumeless thistle |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
CESTM CEMA4 |
Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos Centaurea maculosa spotted knapweed |
L48 (I), HI (I), CAN (I) |
CEFO2 |
Cerastium fontanum mouse-ear chickweed |
L48 (I), AK (I), HI (I), CAN (I), GL (I?), SPM (I) |
CHFAF CAFA |
Chamaecrista fasciculata var. fasciculata Cassia fasciculata partridge pea showy partridgepea sleepingplant |
L48 (N) |
CHNU9 |
Chamaesyce nutans nodding spurge |
L48 (N), HI (I), PR (N), VI (N), CAN (N) |
CHAL7 |
Chenopodium album common lambsquarters lambsquarters white goosefoot |
L48 (NI), AK (I), HI (I), CAN (NI), GL (I), SPM (I) |
CIIN |
Cichorium intybus blue sailors chicory coffeeweed succory |
L48 (I), CAN (I), SPM (I) |
CIDI |
Cirsium discolor field thistle |
L48 (N), CAN (N) |
COCO3 |
Commelina communis Asiatic dayflower |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
COMA2 |
Conium maculatum cigue maculee cigue tachetee deadly hemlock poison hemlock poison parsley |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
COCO13 EUCO6 |
Conoclinium coelestinum Eupatorium coelestinum blue mistflower |
L48 (N), CAN (I?) |
COAR4 |
Convolvulus arvensis European bindweed creeping jenny field bindweed morningglory perennial morningglory smallflowered morning glory |
L48 (I), HI (I), CAN (I) |
COCA5 |
Conyza canadensis horseweed horseweed fleabane mares tail |
L48 (N), AK (I?), HI (I), PR (N), VI (N), CAN (N), SPM (N) |
CYLA AMAL3 |
Cynanchum laeve Ampelamus albidus honeyvine milkweed |
L48 (N), CAN (I) |
CYDA |
Cynodon dactylon Bermudagrass chiendent pied-de-poule devilgrass grama-seda manienie motie molulu |
L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), VI (I), CAN (W), SPM (W) |
CYES |
Cyperus esculentus yellow nutgrass yellow nutsedge |
L48 (NI), AK (I), HI (I), PR (I), VI (I), CAN (I) |
DAST |
Datura stramonium Jamestown weed jimsonweed mad apple moonflower stinkwort thorn apple |
L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), VI (I), CAN (I) |
DACA6 |
Daucus carota Queen Anne's lace bird's nest wild carrot |
L48 (I), PR (I), CAN (I) |
DISA |
Digitaria sanguinalis hairy crabgrass large crabgrass purple crabgrass |
L48 (N), PR (N), CAN (I) |
DITE2 |
Diodia teres poorjoe |
L48 (N) |
DIFU2 |
Dipsacus fullonum Fuller's teasel common teasel teasel |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
DRVE2 |
Draba verna spring Whitlowgrass |
L48 (I), CAN (W) |
ECCR |
Echinochloa crus-galli Japanese millet barnyard grass cockspur watergrass |
L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), CAN (W), SPM (W) |
ECPR |
Eclipta prostrata eclipta false daisy yerba de tago |
L48 (N), HI (I), PR (N), VI (N), CAN (N) |
ELIN3 |
Eleusine indica Indian goosegrass crowsfoot grass goosegrass manienie ali'I silver crabgrass wiregrass |
L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), VI (I), CAN (I) |
ELRE4 AGRE2 |
Elymus repens Agropyron repens couchgrass dog grass quackgrass |
L48 (I), AK (I), CAN (I), GL (I), SPM (I) |
ERAN |
Erigeron annuus annual fleabane |
L48 (N), CAN (N), SPM (I) |
EUFI2 EUFI |
Eupatoriadelphus fistulosus Eupatorium fistulosum Joe Pye weed trumpetweed |
L48 (N), CAN (N) |
GAQU |
Galinsoga quadriradiata fringed quickweed hairy galinsoga shaggy soldier |
L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), CAN (I) |
GAAP2 |
Galium aparine bedstraw catchweed bedstraw cleavers cleaverwort scarthgrass white hedge |
L48 (N), AK (N), CAN (I?), GL (I?) |
GECA5 |
Geranium carolinianum Carolina geranium |
L48 (N), CAN (N) |
GLHE2 |
Glechoma hederacea creeping charlie gill-over-the-ground ground ivy haymaids |
L48 (I), AK (I), CAN (I) |
HEAM |
Helenium amarum bitter sneezeweed yellowdicks |
L48 (N) |
HITR |
Hibiscus trionum Venice mallow bladder ketmia flower-of-an-hour rosemallow |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
IPHE |
Ipomoea hederacea Mexican morningglory entireleaf morningglory ivyleaf morningglory |
L48 (I), PR (N), VI (N), CAN (I) |
IPLA |
Ipomoea lacunosa pitted morningglory whitestar |
L48 (N), CAN (W) |
IPPA |
Ipomoea pandurata bigroot morningglory man-of-the-earth |
L48 (N), CAN (N) |
IPPU2 |
Ipomoea purpurea common morningglory tall morningglory |
L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), CAN (I) |
IVAN2 |
Iva annua annual marshelder |
L48 (N) |
LASE |
Lactuca serriola China lettuce prickly lettuce wild lettuce |
L48 (I), HI (I), CAN (I) |
LAAM |
Lamium amplexicaule henbit |
L48 (I), HI (I), CAN (I), GL (I), SPM (W) |
LECA5 |
Lepidium campestre field pepperweed |
L48 (I), CAN (I), SPM (I) |
LEVU CHLEP |
Leucanthemum vulgare Chrysanthemum leucanthemum var. pinnatifidum marguerite oxeye daisy |
L48 (I), AK (I), HI (I), CAN (I), SPM (I) |
LUPE5 |
Ludwigia peploides creeping waterprimrose floating primrose-willow |
L48 (NI), PR (N) |
MANE |
Malva neglecta buttonweed cheeseplant cheeseweed common mallow |
L48 (I), AK (I), HI (I), CAN (I) |
MADI6 MAMA11 |
Matricaria discoidea Matricaria matricarioides disc mayweed pineappleweed |
L48 (I), AK (I), CAN (I?), GL (I?), SPM (I?) |
MELU |
Medicago lupulina black medic hop clover hop medic nonesuch yellow trefoil |
L48 (I), AK (I), HI (I), CAN (I), GL (I), SPM (I) |
MEOF MEAL12 |
Melilotus officinalis Melilotus alba white sweetclover |
L48 (I), AK (I), HI (I), PR (I), CAN (I), GL (I), SPM (I) |
MOVE |
Mollugo verticillata carpetweed green carpetweed |
L48 (N), PR (N), VI (N), CAN (I) |
MUSC |
Muhlenbergia schreberi nimblewill |
L48 (N), CAN (N) |
OEBI |
Oenothera biennis common evening primrose hoary eveningprimrose |
L48 (N), CAN (N) |
ORUM |
Ornithogalum umbellatum Pyrenees star of Bethlehem star-of-Bethlehem |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
OXST |
Oxalis stricta common yellow oxalis sheep sorrel sourgrass toad sorrel yellow woodsorrel |
L48 (N), CAN (I) |
PAGL17 SEGL |
Packera glabella Senecio glabellus cressleaf cressleaf groundsel |
L48 (N), CAN (W) |
PADI |
Panicum dichotomiflorum fall panicum western witchgrass |
L48 (N), HI (I), PR (N), CAN (I) |
PALA10 |
Paspalum laeve field paspalum |
L48 (N) |
PAIN6 |
Passiflora incarnata purple passionflower |
L48 (N) |
PASA2 |
Pastinaca sativa parsnip wild parsnip |
L48 (I), AK (I), CAN (W), SPM (W) |
PEFR4 |
Perilla frutescens beefsteak mint |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
PHHE5 |
Physalis heterophylla clammy groundcherry |
L48 (N), CAN (N) |
PHAM4 |
Phytolacca americana American pokeweed common pokeweed inkberry pigeonberry pokeberry pokeweed |
L48 (N), CAN (N) |
PLLA |
Plantago lanceolata English plantain buckhorn plantain lanceleaf plantain narrowleaf plantain ribgrass ribwort |
L48 (I), AK (I), HI (I), PR (I), CAN (I), GL (I), SPM (I) |
POAV |
Polygonum aviculare prostrate knotweed |
L48 (I), AK (I), HI (I), CAN (I), GL (I), SPM (I) |
POCU6 |
Polygonum cuspidatum Japanese bamboo Japanese knotweed fleeceflower |
L48 (I), AK (I), CAN (I) |
POPE2 |
Polygonum pensylvanicum Pennsylvania knotweed Pennsylvania smartweed pinweed |
L48 (N), AK (N), CAN (N) |
POOL |
Portulaca oleracea akulikuli-kula common purslane duckweed pursley pusley wild portulaca |
L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), VI (I), CAN (N) |
PUMOL PULO |
Pueraria montana var. lobata Pueraria lobata kudzu kudzu vine |
L48 (I), HI (I) |
RAAB |
Ranunculus abortivus early woodbuttercup smallflower buttercup smallflower crowfoot |
L48 (N), AK (N), CAN (N), SPM (N) |
RUCR |
Rumex crispus curly dock narrowleaf dock sour dock yellow dock |
L48 (I), AK (I), HI (I), PR (I), CAN (I), SPM (I) |
SAOF4 |
Saponaria officinalis bouncing bet soapwort sweet Betty |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
SEHE8 SEEX |
Sesbania herbacea Sesbania exaltata bigpod sesbania hemp sesbania |
L48 (N), CAN (W) |
SEFA |
Setaria faberi Chinese foxtail Chinese millet giant bristlegrass giant foxtail nodding foxtail |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
SIVI2 |
Sibara virginica Virginia winged rockcress sibara |
L48 (N) |
SIAN |
Sicyos angulatus bur cucumber wall bur cucumber |
L48 (N), CAN (N) |
SISP |
Sida spinosa prickly fanpetals prickly sida |
L48 (N), HI (I), PR (N), VI (N), CAN (I) |
SIOF SIOFL |
Sisymbrium officinale Sisymbrium officinale var. leiocarpum hedge mustard hedgeweed |
L48 (I), AK (I), HI (I), CAN (I), SPM (W) |
SOCA3 |
Solanum carolinense Carolina horsenettle apple of Sodom bull nettle devil's tomato horsenettle sand briar |
L48 (N), CAN (I) |
SODU |
Solanum dulcamara European bittersweet bitter nightshade bittersweet nightshade blue nightshade fellenwort woody nightshade |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
SOPT7 SOPT3 |
Solanum ptycanthum Solanum ptychanthum Eastern black nightshade black nightshade |
L48 (N), AK (I), HI (I), VI (I), CAN (N) |
SOAS |
Sonchus asper perennial sowthistle prickly sowthistle spiny sowthistle |
L48 (I), AK (I), HI (I), PR (I), CAN (I), SPM (I) |
SOHA |
Sorghum halepense Johnsongrass aleppo milletgrass herbe de Cuba sorgho d'Alep sorgo de alepo zacate Johnson |
L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), CAN (I) |
STME2 |
Stellaria media common chickweed |
L48 (I), AK (I), HI (I), CAN (I), GL (I), SPM (I) |
SYPIP3 ASPI2 |
Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum Aster pilosus white heath aster |
L48 (N), CAN (N) |
TAOF |
Taraxacum officinale blowball common dandelion dandelion faceclock |
L48 (NI), AK (NI), HI (I), PR (I), CAN (NI), GL (NI), SPM (I) |
THAR5 |
Thlaspi arvense Frenchweed fanweed field pennycress pennycress stinkweed |
L48 (I), AK (I), CAN (I), GL (I), SPM (I) |
TORAR RHRA6 |
Toxicodendron radicans ssp. radicans Rhus radicans poison ivy |
L48 (N), CAN (N) |
TRDU |
Tragopogon dubius Western goat's beard goat's beard salsifis majeur western salsify wild oysterplant yellow goat's beard |
L48 (I), AK (I), CAN (I) |
TRCA5 |
Trifolium campestre field clover large hop clover |
L48 (I), AK (I), CAN (I), SPM (I) |
URPL2 BRPL2 |
Urochloa platyphylla Brachiaria platyphylla broadleaf signalgrass |
L48 (N) |
VETH |
Verbascum thapsus big taper common mullein flannel plant velvet dock velvet plant woolly mullein |
L48 (I), AK (I), HI (I), CAN (I) |
VEUR |
Verbena urticifolia white vervain |
L48 (N), CAN (N) |
VEGI |
Vernonia gigantea giant ironweed tall ironweed |
L48 (N), CAN (N) |
VEPE3 |
Veronica persica Persian speedwell birdeye speedwell winter speedwell |
L48 (I), AK (I), CAN (I), GL (I) |
VIAR |
Viola arvensis European field pansy field violet wild pansy |
L48 (I), CAN (W), GL (W), SPM (W) |
XAST |
Xanthium strumarium cocklebur common cocklebur rough cocklebur |
L48 (N), HI (I), PR (N), VI (N), CAN (N) |